Angels and Women (1924)

GREATER CHANGE 87
imagination. The ceiling of the principal
apartment is arched, and painted to represent
the star-lit sky, in which the day-star
outshines all others. Transparent curtains,
draped from the center of the dome, soften
but do not obscure its lustre. Upon the walls
are gorgeous tapestried scenes of war and
the chase. Always triumphant, the magnificent
form of the great monarch is seen in
every posture, displaying strength and
beauty.
In the small banquet-room are portrayed
the revels of the gayest and most dissolute
of the Devas. The figures are not pleasing,
but the flowers and fruit rival those upon
the tables, heaped in golden baskets.
The bedroom is like a garden of roses.
There again is reproduced in art the majestic
but voluptuous form of the Light-bearer, reclining
beneath sheltering vines, or wandering
through sequestered walks in company
with one alone, whose lineaments reproduce
but too faithfully Samoula’s beauty.